My pistol has won a few close confrontations for me, when you are playing at a field with the 15-25ft "safety" ranges. Case study: Going around a corner inside a fort and running right into an opponent:

Me: "Call out man!!!" as I point my old pro carbine at him.

Him: "You call out!!!"

Me: "No....You!!!!!"

Him: "OK...how about we both call out and call it even"

Me: I sling my pro-carbine down and pull out my zeus in one fluid motion, point it right at his head, probably accidently tapping on his mask with the barrel.
"NO...THATS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, YOU CALL OUT!!!!!!!!!!!"

Him: "i'm out...." Hangs head in shame.

Me: Moved on to clear the fort of others, the ref that watched the exchange thanking me for not actually pistol whipping the poor guy as he laughs his butt off.

This happened a few years ago, so my mind may have built up the exchange into quite the action film dramatization...it may belong in a Will Smith/Martin Lawrence movie, but this is how I remember it.

I've used the thing in confined spaces to call out at least 10 people throughout the years without firing a single shot... I guess it just looks more intimidating up close or something.

As for actual field performance, its been so/so. It has saved my behind a few times, and when I whip it out at the wrong moment, has gotten me tagged just as often, for running out of paint. Its mostly just comforting to have an extra tool to use in dire situations.